Annual Training: Electrically Instructed Persons (EUP) - Maintaining Competence

1-day certificate course inhouse

EUP Refresher: Safety when working on or near electrical installations - in accordance with § 12 ArbSchG, DIN VDE 1000-10 and DGUV Regulation 1

Annual Training: Electrically Instructed Persons (EUP) - Maintaining Competence

For your German-speaking employees, we offer the course in German.

The Electrically Instructed Person (EUP) course qualifies individuals who are not trained electricians but are present in electrical operating facilities and/or required to work on or near electrical installations under the responsibility and supervision of a qualified electrician (EFK).

Fundamentals – Measurement Practices – Hazards – Regulations

The annual safety and health instruction is mandatory for all employees, including EUPs, in accordance with the ArbSchG and DGUV Regulation 1. This annual training serves to refresh and maintain the required technical competence and helps prevent electrical accidents. In daily practice, electrically instructed persons or skilled workers from non-electrical professions increasingly perform tasks on electrical installations and equipment. However, this is legally permitted only under specific conditions. Working with electrical current, including risks such as electric shock or arc flash effects, poses significant hazards and should not be underestimated.

This annual training provides you, as an electrically instructed person (EUP), with the necessary expertise, raises awareness of potential hazards, and alerts you to changing work situations. Additionally, updates and innovations in accident prevention regulations and relevant standards are explained to ensure you remain legally compliant.

Course objective

• After completing the EUP training course, you will be able to perform basic electrical tasks professionally and safely as part of a team of qualified electricians.
• You will be more aware of electrical hazards and better equipped to assess them.
• You will be capable of taking appropriate measures in the event of electrical accidents.
• You will gain valuable insights into relevant electrical equipment.
• The instructor will provide you with an overview of pertinent accident prevention regulations and standards.
• You will acquire the expertise to test portable equipment in accordance with VDE 0701 and VDE 0702 under the supervision of a qualified electrician.

Details about your course

Course content

Legal Foundations

• General and trade association regulations (DIN VDE 1000-10, DIN VDE 0105-100), terms and definitions
• Required professional qualifications for persons working in electrical engineering
• Scope of activities of electrically instructed persons (EUP)
• Responsibilities and competencies in electrical engineering

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

• Electrical quantities and Ohm’s law
• Direct current (DC), alternating current (AC)

Electrical Equipment

• Design and function of electrical devices and assemblies
• Conductors and cables: identification, selection, and handling
• Use of measuring instruments, tools, and aids

The Dangers of Electricity

• Effects of electric current
• Hazards of improper behavior around electrical systems/equipment
• Primary and secondary accidents
• Examples of accidents in the electrical sector
• Protection against hazardous body currents

Basic Principles of Electrical Safety

• Occupational health and safety
• Accident prevention, safety objectives, and protective measures when working on electrical installations (DIN VDE 0100-410)
• DIN VDE 0105 - The five safety rules
• First aid for electrical accidents and accident reporting

Testing of portable equipment according to VDE 0701 and VDE 0702, DGUV Regulation 3, or TRBS 1203 in the team of a qualified electrician (EFK)

• What is an EUP allowed to do and what is prohibited? Company-Specific electrotechnical requirements including practical exercises

Final examination

Certificate of expertise

Certificate „Electrically instructed Person (EUP)”

Participants

Non-electricians (employees without formal electrotechnical training) who are present in electrical operating facilities and / or have to work on or near electrical installations in the team of an EFK: e.g.

• Fitters, mechanics, installers
• Car mechatronics engineers
• Building technicians, operating technicians, service technicians, janitors
• Safety officers

Rules and regulations covered

• DGUV Vorschrift 3
• DIN EN 50678 (VDE 0701)
• DIN EN 50699 (VDE 0702)
• DIN VDE 1000-10
• DIN VDE 0105-100
• DIN VDE 0100-410

VDSI-Points

This course is recognized by the VDSI – Association for Safety, Health, and Environmental Protection at Work as a continuing education event. You will receive with your participation: